Nairnshire

British  

/ ˈnɛənˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland

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Example Sentences

The female bird found near Cawdor was part of a breeding pair at Cawdor Castle that in 2014 became Nairnshire's first breeding pair of red kites in 100 years.

From BBC

Mr Dennier's career included spells at the Press and Journal, Nairnshire Telegraph and in public relations at NHS Highland.

From BBC

The county unites with Nairnshire in returning one member to the House of Commons, Pop. 43,427.

From Project Gutenberg

Of other rivers the Lossie rises in the small lakes on the flanks of Carn Kitty and pursues a very winding course of 34 m. till it reaches the Moray Firth; Ballintomb Burn, Rothes Burn and Tulchan Burn are left-hand affluents of the Spey; the Dorbock and Divie, uniting their forces near Dunphail House, join the Findhorn at Relugas; and Muckle Water, a left-hand tributary of the Findhorn, comes from Nairnshire.

From Project Gutenberg

West of the Tynet Burn and Spey sections there is no trace of the members of the Orcadian division till we reach the Muckle Burn and Lethen Bar in Nairnshire, save the coarse conglomerate filling the ancient hollow of the valley of Rothes which may belong to the middle series.

From Project Gutenberg